RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Two weeks ago, an exclusive VEJA survey helped to compare the current situation of the novel coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, considering the population in each location. This time, the sample was based on the country’s capital cities. The calculation adopted is the rolling average per 100,000 inhabitants, which shows the scenario of each location considering the population variations in each one of them – which realistically shows which cities are suffering most from the disease.
The rolling average rate per 100,000 inhabitants found in the survey shows that Curitiba is the best capital in relation to cases, with a rate of only one. In other words, the daily average is only one new infection per this portion of the population. In terms of deaths, the best scenario emerges in São Luís. Since October 12th, the capital of Maranhão has recorded only two deaths and presents an index of only 0.01.
On the opposite end of the survey come Florianópolis and Goiânia. The capital of Santa Catarina leads the list of cases: currently, the rolling average of new records is of 69.8 for every 100,000 inhabitants. The city of Goiás ranks first in the number of deaths, with a death rate of 0.58. On Sunday, November 8th, 162,397 new cases and 128 deaths were recorded throughout the country.
The situation of all Brazilian capitals in the rolling average per 100,000 inhabitants*:
CASES
Florianópolis: 69.8
Boa Vista: 39.1
Vitória: 33.9
Porto Alegre: 26.6
Cuiabá: 24.7
Porto Velho: 21,6
Macapá: 20.9
Campo Grande: 18.9
Rio Branco: 18.6
Goiânia: 17,3
Teresina: 14.7
Belém: 14
Brasília: 12.6
Palmas: 11.7
Manaus: 11.5
João Pessoa: 9.4
São Luís: 6.4
Aracaju: 6
Fortaleza and São Paulo: 5.6
Belo Horizonte: 5,4
Rio de Janeiro: 5,3
Salvador: 3
Recife: 2.9
Maceió: 2,2
Natal: 1.6
Curitiba: 1
DEATHS
Goiânia: 0.58
Porto Alegre: 0.53
Florianópolis: 0.46
Rio de Janeiro: 0.45
Aracaju, Manaus and Vitória: 0.39
Campo Grande: 0.37
João Pessoa: 0.32
Brasília: 0.30
Teresina: 0.28
Cuiabá: 0.26
Macapá: 0,20
São Paulo: 0.19
Recife: 0.18
Belo Horizonte: 0.16
Belém and Natal: 0.11
Maceió, Palmas and Salvador: 0.10
Porto Velho: 0.08
Rio Branco: 0.07
Boa Vista and Curitiba: 0.04
Fortaleza: 0.03
São Luís: 0.01
* Due to an issue in the database system, the Ministry of Health has not updated any new information since Wednesday, November 4th.
Source: Veja